未雨绸缪
Traditional form:
未雨綢繆
Pinyin (reading):
wèiyǔchóumóu
Definitions:
- lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經／诗经); fig. to plan ahead
- to prepare for a rainy day
Characters:
- 未 - not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 雨 - rain
- 绸 - silk cloth, satin damask
- 缪 - to prepare; error, mistake; attached
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